IJN U-Boote

[GerritJ9]

Those disappointed by the lack of AI and playable IJN subs in SH4, despair not!
THe IJN received the following U-Boote from Germany during WW2:
1) U-181, type IXD2 taken over by Japan after Germany's surrender in May 1945. Renumbered I-501 on July 15th 1945, surrendered at Singapore August 1945, scuttled Feb. 12th 1946.
2) U-195, type IXD1 taken over by Japan in May 1945 and renumbered I-506 on JUly 15th 1945, surrendered at Soerabaja August 1945 and scrapped in 1947.
3) U-219, type XB minelayer converted for transport duties with cargo storage spaces in her pressure hull. Taken over by Japan in May 1945, renumbered I-505 July 15th 1945, surrendered at Batavia August 1945 and scrapped 1947.
4) U-511, type IXC transferred to Japan in 1943, handed over at Kure August 1943, commisioned as RO.500 September 16 1943, mainly used for experimental purposes. Surrendered at Maizuru in August 1945 and scuttled in Gulf of Maizuru on April 30th 1946.
5) U-862, type IXD2 taken over with U-181 and renumbered I-502, surrendered at Singapore August 1945 and scuttled off Singapore February 12th 1946.
6) U-1224, type IXC40 commissioned by IJN as RO-501 at Kiel in 1943, sunk by USS Francis M. Robinson (DE) 400 miles SSW of Azores on May 31st 1944 while on passage to the Far East.

Also taken over by Japan in May 1945 were two ex-Italian submarines, UIT-24 and UIT-25. These became I-503 and I-504 respectively.

So, there are now two playable IJN subs available- the IXD2s U-181 and U-862, plus TM's AI type IX!
"All" that is now required are a Japanese speechpack and Japanese crewmembers!